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Tired, stressed, cranky and nothing I can do about it
I'll be fine after a good night's sleep, but it's been an irritating tiring day, and I'm just going to have to be irritated for the rest of the evening. All first world problems. Doesn't stop them from irritating, so shall new rant.
Started off okay. Until I got stuck in traffic. There's always a bit on a Monday morning, but enough to add 50 minutes to my journey is very tedious.
Agent is constantly harassing me about this contract. Yeah, sorry I can't rush things while working at a full time job. Still, have decided on an umbrella company. Probably not the best deal, but declaring that I work for a Bulgaria of Gibraltar based company and I'm just being deployed to Belgium tends to go against my innate honesty. Of course it's all "compliant" with the law, but seriously, this does seem kinda shady. That, and my vague sense of social justice tells me that taxes are actually a social benefit. Taking advantage of what a country has to offer sort of suggests an obligation to give back. Seems I'm about the only person who actually thinks that way. Maybe I'm an idiot.
Needed to get code doing what I actually wanted it to do rather than what colleague made it do. Managed the main part of it but the levels of abstraction drive me nuts. Piles of code that does next to nothing, apparently out of a desire to make it maintainable and adaptable. Except it isn't.
Was sent an email telling me I need to renew my TV licence. Except that will give me a week's TV viewing before I leave. Perhaps I shouldn't actually bother with that. Disconnect TiVo. That will mean dealing with TVL though, which is itself a hassle.
Too much noise in the office. No idea whether I'm going to Bristol next week, and I like to be able to plan ahead. Also would like to actually get this final working version in Bristol and doing what we want.
Started off okay. Until I got stuck in traffic. There's always a bit on a Monday morning, but enough to add 50 minutes to my journey is very tedious.
Agent is constantly harassing me about this contract. Yeah, sorry I can't rush things while working at a full time job. Still, have decided on an umbrella company. Probably not the best deal, but declaring that I work for a Bulgaria of Gibraltar based company and I'm just being deployed to Belgium tends to go against my innate honesty. Of course it's all "compliant" with the law, but seriously, this does seem kinda shady. That, and my vague sense of social justice tells me that taxes are actually a social benefit. Taking advantage of what a country has to offer sort of suggests an obligation to give back. Seems I'm about the only person who actually thinks that way. Maybe I'm an idiot.
Needed to get code doing what I actually wanted it to do rather than what colleague made it do. Managed the main part of it but the levels of abstraction drive me nuts. Piles of code that does next to nothing, apparently out of a desire to make it maintainable and adaptable. Except it isn't.
Was sent an email telling me I need to renew my TV licence. Except that will give me a week's TV viewing before I leave. Perhaps I shouldn't actually bother with that. Disconnect TiVo. That will mean dealing with TVL though, which is itself a hassle.
Too much noise in the office. No idea whether I'm going to Bristol next week, and I like to be able to plan ahead. Also would like to actually get this final working version in Bristol and doing what we want.
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This is widely accepted as one of the more valid possible roots of any legal system.
Sadly, many populist commentators on legal systems use pop-Neitzche to add a veneer of respectability to right-wing anarchism, so the social contract is seen as reactionary and biased.
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Although from context, I presume you're talking about a tendency of the rich to drift towards a more anarcho-capitalist view of things. "I worked hard to get where I am..."
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Belated hugs anyway :)